whitney point reservoir new to this water

[seansean1444]

hi guys im not a new ice fisherman but new to this body of water. was wondering where you guys or gals have good luck on this water. i have heard things about long point?? not 100% sure . the picture i attached is a depth contour map of the lake twoards the south end anybody have luck hear? if so what were ya catching? thanks and tight lines to all.

[bigal409]

I live in Whitney Point and have been fishing the reservoir for many years. Can't say that I'm any expert on that water as just when I think I got it figured out,I get skunked. I would suggest that you try the old river channel that runs the length of the lake. Look for the deeper water usually in the 20 ft deep range. you can either go up the Keible Road side or park at Dorchester Park and walk out from there. I usually can get some nice crappie and perch in these waters. Also a lot of small walleye. Hoping to find the bigger ones one of these days. Are you planning on doing the crappie derby on the 29th? Good luck and tight lines.

[hwfoa]

cant wait for the derby!!...went 2 years..one year an ok walleye next  year nothing......

[seansean1444]

yes i will be at the derby and i cant wait!!!!!! trying to find a spot now. do you all camp out on the lake at your spot to get it in the morning or something?

[bigal409]

We don't camp all night,but I hear that some do. we usually get there by 5AM to get a decent parking spot and our spot on the ice. I have a few spots marked on the gps and will pick one of those spots for the derby.

[seansean1444]

sounds good. i would ask for these spots but im sure if you told me you would have to kill me haha

[bigal409]

No, I won't do that. In fact,if I saw you,I may even show you a couple of places.You still have a few weeks before the derby. You should get up to the lake and try some different spots. I should  be there this Sat. Good luck and tight lines to you.

[seansean1444]

i will also be there on saturday. maybe we should meet up and fish

[bigal409]

you bet. We should be there by 6:30 Am and will be there till sometime in the afternoon.

[seansean1444]

we will also be there tomorrow morning

[bigal409]

good luck to you. Will you be the one with all the tip up flags going up?

[seansean1444]

ha would like to say that but i dont use tipups. need to get some soon

[bigal409]

no tip ups? Do you just jig? I use more tip downs than tip ups.

[seansean1444]

ya ha thats all i do. allot of people on here seem suprised. i usually just find little honey holes at the places i fish and drill untill i find them. will definetly invest in some soon

[bigal409]

If you find a honey hole and have some tip downs in some of those holes, you will be busy. How did you make out Sat? We pretty much got skunked. Fished 20 ft of water. Marked a lot and couldn't get any takers. Only got 2 keeper crappies between 3 of us. There were some foreign guys next to us and they caught quite a few. Problem was,they were keeping everything they caught. They had a lot of undersize crappie as well as a big bass,all went on the ice. Where is DEC when you want them?

[perchpounderny]

those foreigners are out there every morning and if there biting will stay there all day and if there not they  sometimes come back in the after noon befor dark.. i always see them catching fish never really got close enough to see if they were legal or not.. as far as dec goes ive been out there about twenty times already and havent seen them yet

[bigal409]

I hear you. We have seen them in the same place 3 times now and are close enough to see the undersize fish they are keeping. The one guy has a clam shelter and puts the fish in there. We saw the guy pull the big bass out and he even told us it was a bass. We were waiting to see if he would put it back,but he didn't.

[seansean1444]

caught one maybe 9 inch walleye and thats it